Firas Al-Khatib
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Firas Mohamad Al Khatib | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Homs, Syria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2002 | Al-Karamah | 39 | (21) |
| 2002–2003 | Al-Naser | 21 | (13) |
| 2003–2009 | Al-Arabi | 196 | (134) |
| 2005 | → Al-Ahli (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Al-Qadsia | 23 | (17) |
| 2011–2012 | Umm Salal | 6 | (1) |
| 2012 | Al-Qadsia | 8 | (4) |
| 2012-2013 | Zaxo | 7 | (2) |
| 2013- | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2001 | Syria U-17 | 23 | (17) |
| 2001–2003 | Syria U-20 | 33 | (39) |
| 2003–2004 | Syria U-23 | 24 | (11) |
| 2001–2011 | Syria | 51 | (31) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Firas Mohamad Al Khatib (Arabic: فراس محمد الخطيب; born 9 June 1983 in Homs, Syria) is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua, which competes in Chinese Super League. He plays as a striker. He retired from playing for the Syrian national football team in 2012 for political reasons.[1]
Club career
Al Khatib started his professional career at the Syrian Premier League with Al-Karamah in the Season 2000-01. On 6 October 2000 he scored his first goal in the Syrian Premier League against Al-Futowa which 1-1 finished.
On August 2002 he transferred to Kuwaiti Club Al-Naser, playing in the Kuwaiti Premier League for the first time. He then moved to Al-Arabi in the Kuwaiti Premier League.
On June 2005 he was loaned out to Al-Ahli in Qatar for one match.
On 24 August 2009 Al Khatib moved to Al-Qadsia in the Kuwaiti Premier League with his old teammate Jehad Al-Hussain and signed a two year contract.[2]
July 2012 he participated in three games with Nottingham Forest F.C., scoring once in a trial of month.[3]
On 10 September 2012 he tweeted that he signed with Zaxo FC officially.
He left Iraq to join Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua at February 2013.
International career
He plays between 2001-2002 for the Syrian U-17 team, he plays for Syria in the AFC U-17 Championship 2002 in the UAE and he was a part of the Syrian U-23 team in the AFC Olympic qualification Athens 2004.
Al Khatib has been a regular for the Syria national football team since 2001. In the FIFA World Cup qualification 2002.,[4] he came on as a substitute for Khaled Al Zaher in the match against Philippine on 4 May 2001 in the Al-Hamadaniah Stadium in Aleppo. On 11 May 2001 he scored one goal in the FIFA World Cup qualification 2002 match against Laos the match was finished 9-0 for Syria.
International goals
- Scores and results table. Syria's goal tally first:
Honours
Club
- Kuwait Emir Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08
- Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2006–07
- Kuwait Super Cup: 2007–08
- Kuwaiti Premier League: 2010, 2011
- Kuwait Emir Cup: 2009–10
- Kuwait Super Cup: 2009
Individual
- Top Goalscorer Kuwaiti Premier League: 2004–05 (13 goals), 2010–11 (14 goals)
- Top Goalscorer Kuwait Emir Cup: 2004–05 (3 goals)
- Top Goalscorer Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 2003–04 (3 goals)
- Top Goalscorer Kuwait Federation Cup: 2008–09 (8 goals)
References
- ↑ "Firas Al Khatib – Player profile". kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ↑ "Al Khatib moved to Al-Qadsia" (in Arabic). kooora.com. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ↑ http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/12/225885.html
- ↑ Firas Al Khatib – FIFA competition record
- ↑ "Firas Al-Khatib – International goals". kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 May 2011.
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